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starveling — [stärv′liŋ] n. [ STARVE + LING1] a person or animal that is thin or weak from lack of food adj. 1. starving; weak and hungry 2. suffering, showing, or caused by extreme deprivation; impoverished … English World dictionary

starveling — I. noun Date: 1546 one that is thin from or as if from lack of food II. adjective Date: 1578 being a starveling; also marked by poverty or inadequacy < starveling wages > … New Collegiate Dictionary

starveling — noun One who is thin from lack of food. If I hang, Ill make a fat pair of gallows; for if I hang, old Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no starveling … Wiktionary